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SUMMARY:“Thinking\, Fast and Slow? Some Field Experiments to Reduce Crime and Dropout in Chicago”
DESCRIPTION:**Please RSVP by Tuesday\, October 6th to https://cupop.formstack.com/forms/rsvp. Lunch will be provided for those who RSVP and attend seminar at the School of Social Work. \nAbstract: We present the result of three large-scale randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of interventions carried out on the south and west sides of Chicago. All the interventions involve using cognitive behavioral therapy-based programming to improve the outcomes of low-income youth. Two of our RCTs test a program called Becoming a Man (BAM) developed by Chicago-area non-profit Youth Guidance; the first\, carried out in 2009-10\, shows that participation improved schooling outcomes and reduced violent-crime arrests by 44%\, while the second RCT in 2013-14 shows that participation reduced overall arrests by 31%. The third RCT was carried out in the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center (JTDC) in 2009-11 and shows reductions in return rates of 21%. We discuss the possibility that the programs work by reducing automatic behavior. While generally adaptive\, automaticity – responding to situations without conscious deliberation – is sometimes deployed in situations where it is ill-suited. Although this is equally true for all youths\, disadvantaged youths face greater situational variability. Improving decision-making by helping these youth make slower\, more reflective decisions may contribute to these programs’ success in addressing negative outcomes like crime and school failure. \nSpeaker Bio: Sara Heller\, is an assistant professor of Criminology at the University of Pennsylvania. She studies interventions to reduce crime and improve other life outcomes among disadvantaged youth. She uses large-scale experiments to isolate the causal effects of a variety of programs\, including cognitive behavioral therapy-based interventions and summer jobs. She holds a Ph.D. in Public Policy form the University of Chicago\, a M.P.P. from Georgetown\, and a B.A. in Psychology from Harvard. \nFor additional information regarding the Fall 2015 CPRC Seminar series please visit: http://cupop.columbia.edu/events/seminar-series/cprc-seminars
URL:https://blogs.cuit.columbia.edu/scisoc/cssevent/thinking-fast-and-slow-some-field-experiments-to-reduce-crime-and-dropout-in-chicago/
LOCATION:School of Social Work Room #1109\, Columbia University\, 1255 Amsterdam Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10027
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